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Pakistan’s Ghost Schools
Pakistan Karachi
The phenomenon of ghost schools is widely spread across Pakistan, with over 30,000 schools across the country being already abandoned or currently falling into disuse. Sindh, the third largest province of the country, is responsible for 6,149 of those schools, as of 2015.
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Primary schools are more easily abandoned, as lifestyles or circumstances may cause more children to drop out or be unable to attend an early age. Of the 6,149 schools, 5,906 are primary schools, with 398 of the ghost schools being middle schools, and the remaining 2 as secondary schools.
It is seen that over 90% of ghost schools in the province are located in rural areas, where there is less societal pressure for education, and prioritization of traditional vocations, agriculture, and so on. Under 3% of ghost schools appear in urban areas.
Table 3.2.1 shows the distribution of ghost schools across Sindh. 13.4% all schools in Sindh are “ghost schools” in Sindh.[84]
